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Jose Francisco Peña Gómez said that he does not favor a general amnesty for those involved in acts of corruption. He says that as the government took former President Salvador Jorge Blanco to court for alleged corruption, the case should be allowed to run its course through the judicial system. He is against the present …

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A woman was killed in Haina last Sunday, the second death in that town in the last two weeks, bringing about calls for the cessation of violence in the political campaign. So far, eight people have died as a result of the over zealousness of political fanatics. The police are investigating the Haina killing, in …

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Last week, Maribel Gassó Diez, vice presidential candidate of the PRSC, campaigned in Miami, Florida. She participated in an event organized by the Fundación Nacional Dominico-Americana. A photograph published in the Listin Diario showed Maribel Gassó speaking with U.S. president’s wife, Hillary Clinton. Both were dressed in black, when they attended a banquet at the …

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The Global Strategy Group, a polling and political advisory company hired by the PLD, indicates that Leonel Fernández, the presidential candidate for the Partido de la Liberación Dominicana is ahead with 42.3% of the vote, while José Francisco Peña Gómez, presidential candidate for the Partido Revolucionaro Dominicano, is in second place with 38.2%. Third, is …

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Lozano and Asociados, a Chilean firm commissioned by the PRD, indicates that Dr José Francisco Peña Gómez, presidential candidate of the PRD, is ahead with 42.57%. Leonel Fernández is second with 20.25% and Jacinto Peynado has 18.74%. The poll was carried out between the 23 March and 8 April and covered 1,200 people. The sociologist, …

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General Luis María Pérez Bello is rumored to have been removed as chief of the Cuerpo de Ayudantes Militares of President Balaguer. He was temporarily replaced by General Hernan Disla González, the sub-chief of the corps. The press speculated that there was a connection between President Balaguer releasing his long time aide General Pérez Bello …

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The Junta Central Electoral has received RD$13,336,827 from the government this year, and the press reported that it also received a special payment of another RD$12 million from the President’s fund, (account No. 1401). Of this, over RD$10 million has been paid in salaries. It is said that the JCE will be spending RD$14 million …

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The former president of the United States, Jimmy Carter, said upon his arrival in Santo Domingo in connection with a pre-election observer group, that he expects all Dominicans, win or lose, to accept the process and the results of the May election, and he considered that this election could be an important turning point for …

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Hatuey De Camps, chief of the campaign of the PRD, had a bad day on Monday, 22 April. He was meeting the president of the JCE, Cesar Estrella Sahdalá, when the latter had to leave and delegate the matters under discussion to fellow judges Aura Celeste Fernandez and Juan Sully Bonelly. Then Mr De Camps …

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The biannual meeting of the Latin American Economic Committee (CEPAL) held in San José, Costa Rica ended with a warning to the area’s countries that they will have to accelerate the pace of their economic growth to respond to problems of poverty and unemployment. While the secretary of the CEPAL, Gert Rosenthal considered that the …

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